Beautiful cruel snow: Children enjoying the snow, unaware that sheep are buried beneath them, after a severe storm hit the Glens of Antrim. Photograph: Justin Kernoghan/JKFOTOPRESS (1st place in Nature & Environment)

The final goodbye: Caroline Donohoe, whose husband Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was shot dead in January 2013, is flanked by gardai as she follows her husband's coffin. Photograph: Julien Behal/ Press Association of Ireland (1st in News)

Out of the frying pan...?: Taoiseach Enda Kenny peers through an artificial fire at the opening of new facilities at Glen Dimplex. Photograph: Julien Behal/Maxwell Photography (1st in Politics)

As tough as they come: Munster's Paul O'Connell and Donnacha Ryan, with Sean Cox and Grant Gilchrist, of Edinburgh, during a Heineken Cup match. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho. (1st place in Sports Action)

The Lockout: Actors re-enact tenement living during the 1913 Lockout in a house in the inner city of Dublin. Photograph: Leon Farrell, Photocall Ireland (3rd place in Arts & Entertainment)

Untitled: As the remains of poet Seamus Heaney leave Donnybrook Church for burial, his widow Marie thanks the public who lined the street and applauded. Photograph: Bryan O'Brien, The Irish Times ( 3rd place in News)

High chair: A young boy has his chair placed in the aisle, for an unobscured view, during a performance by the Yellow River Drama Group. Photograph: Barry Cronin/Barry Cronin Photography (2nd place in Arts & Entertainment)

The burial: Dr Muhammad Taufiq Al Sattar (centre) at the burial of his wife and three teenage children who died in a suspected arson attack. Photograph: Brian Lawless, Press Association of Ireland (2nd place in News)

Out of the darkness: Praveen Halappanavar, outside Galway County Hall, after the jury at the inquest into his wife's death returned a unanimous verdict of death by medical misadventure. Photograph: Julien Behal/Press Association of Ireland (2nd place in Portrait)

Past lessons: Former Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave visiting his father's old classroom at CBS James' Street, 40 years to the day he became Taoiseach, during a Gathering 2013 event. Photograph: Julien Behal/Maxwell Photography (Overall Winner's Portfolio, Portrait Category)

A young mother: A 16-year-old mother waits to be seen to by the charity Goal, who help to take young mothers off the streets in Ethiopia. Photograph: Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland (3rd prize in Potrait)

Put your hands up in the air:
Democratic Unionist Party MLA Sammy Wilson and Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams take part in a Mexican wave before the arrival of President Barack Obama in Belfast. Photograph:
Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times (2nd in Politics)